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Wingate Media Uses Digital Billboards for Storm Warnings.

For years, Out of Home companies have been using their digital signs to provide safety notices to the public.  Last month Jim Matalone’s Arkansas-headquartered Ashby St Outdoor received great press for using digital billboards to display tornado alerts.  Wingate Media is getting good press for doing the same thing in […]

Company of the Day: SignSpan

Company: Sign Span Markets: San Diego Headquarters: 117 Dartmouth Rd, San Mateo, CA  94402 Email: info@signspan.com Signspan Corporation operates a digital sign network in San Diego.  Thomas Yip is the firm’s President.  The company’s signs are placed in gyms, retail stores and restaurants.  Most of the firm’s signs are in […]

Top 10 Quotes from the 2019 OAAA Convention

Here are the top 10 quotes Insider heard at the OAAA 2019 convention. OAAA President and CEO Nancy Fletcher: I want to leave with you the single most important lesson I’ve learned in 40-plus years in OOH.  The OOH industry would in no way be where it is today without […]

Geopath Market Spotlight: Greensboro

Did you know: The Barn Dinner Theater in Greensboro is the oldest continuously running dinner theater in the United States Greensboro has 475 miles of sidewalks This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Greensboro DMA.  Infographics for the top DMAs and much more are available to Geopath members in […]

Nancy Fletcher Says Goodbye

Insider is reprinting Nancy Fletcher’s May 21, 2019 goodbye speech to the OAAA.  A remarkable leader with remarkable accomplishments. The first time I reported on the “State of the Industry” was in 1991. Today is the 29th and final time I’ll have this honor. Later this year, we will welcome […]

Out of home awards to Fletcher and Jackson

May 21, 2019 (Las Vegas, NV) – The out of home (OOH) advertising industry honored eight industry leaders with its most esteemed awards May 21 in Las Vegas. Nancy Fletcher, president & CEO of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) was presented with the highest honor, the […]

New Study Finds 90% of Travelers Notice OOH Advertising

May 21, 2019 (Las Vegas, NV) – A new report reveals 90 percent of US travelers have noticed out of home (OOH) advertising in the past month, and 80 percent have noticed OOH ads in the past week. The Nielsen study, which offers a detailed look at America’s travel habits […]

Attribution Data Defines the Value of OOH

May 21, 2019 (Las Vegas, NV) –A series of new reports from the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) use attribution data to help brands understand the effectiveness of out of home (OOH) in a full media strategy. Findings detail OOH’s effect on key performance indicators, such as […]

Interviews Confirm Marketers Value Out of Home Advertising

Interviews Confirm Marketers Value Out of Home Advertising to Create Buzz, Boost Media Plans May 21, 2019 (Las Vegas, NV) – Marketing executives express positive feelings about out of home advertising (OOH) in terms of its relevance and impact, according to a new analysis of marketer attitudes and perceptions. The […]

Out of home legal: If an ad is up a client has to pay.

If an ad is posted, you have to pay for it.  That’s the lesson of Superior Outdoor Advertising Company v Snadon.  Here are the facts. Gary Snadon dba Shepherd of the Hill Historical Society (“Shepherd of the Hills”) entered into a three year contract to rent 4 billboards from Superior […]